This is simply a set of all of the Missions - Practice, Historical, and Tour of Duty - for W-Wing, Imperial Pursuit and B-Wing, that have been heavily modified using the X-wing Development Kit (XDK.)
I made these modifications for my children, who were not getting a lot of enjoyment out of the games, as they found many of the missions impossible to complete, thus impossible to proceed through.
Basically, the changes that have been made are as follows:
1. All enemy ships are shieldless and piloted by novice pilots, with the exception of certain Gunships in a few missions, which were left their shields but stripped of missiles, as they were using those missiles to sneak in and destroy escorted ships unnoticed while the player was dogfighting. It is now possible for a single fighter to continue on for extra points after the Mission Complete message, by destroying shieldless corvettes, frigates, and even Star Destroyers who are also inaccurate marksmen.
2. There are no succeeding waves of enemy ships.
3. Most of the nearly invincible minefields have been removed.
4. Many of the Imperial Transports, which do not show up when "R" is pressed, have been changed to Gunships, which do.
5. Some of the Imperial groups have received altered orders, so that they do not slip by the player and destroy his escorted vessels while he is dogfighting.
6. While the missions are easier, it is still possible to fail. Therefore, I have changed all of the necessary mission results so that mission failure results in rescue rather than capture or death, eliminating the need to either start over as a cadet or go through the revival process with a Pilot Editor.
7. All of the Alliance vessels have been made Full Strength and given Ace pilots, with the exception of those which must be disabled for mission completion.
8. There are many other minor tweaks that were necessary due to mission completion parameters, and so that the missions will still be those described in the mission briefings. The player must keep in mind, though, that the enemy ships are weaker, and that when the briefing says, for example, to weaken a corvette's shields with missiles, so that ion cannons can disable it, don't, as two missiles alone will now destroy a corvette.
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These missions are excellent practice for those that need it prior to attempting the original X-Wing missions. After playing this set, my 11-year old has now completed all of the original missions.
It is also good for those of us who just wish to take a few minutes of stress-alleviation by blowing something away. It IS fun to play Wolfenstein on GOD Mode occasionally, isn't it?
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To install, rename, move, or remove the original MISSION file from the X-Wing directory. I recommend moving it to outside of X-Wing, if you have the disk space, or moving it to a floppy intact. Then create a new, empty MISSION file, and move all of these files (Except this one) into it. You're ready to go.
